East Cheshire Eye Society
Report and Accounts
Year ended 31 March 2024
Registered Charity Number 1174656
East Cheshire Eye Society Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31st March 2024
The trustees of the East Cheshire Eye Society charity present the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year of 2023 - 2024.
The Society Charities Registration number is 1174656. The trustees confirm this report and accounts represents the full and only state of the Society.
REVIEW OF FINANCES AT YEAR END
The Society has recorded a small surplus of £1,263 on its operations over the year. .
The total cash and financial investment reserves at the year - end totalled £462,526. The Trustees confirm that the Society has sufficient funds in its financial reserves for the Society to remain in successful operation for some years to come.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE 2022-2023
The year 2023 – 2024 has been a veryt busy year for the Eye Society, with lots of activities and events. As always, this has only been possible because of teh enthusiastic support of our wonderful team of volunteers.
From 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 our volunteers gave us an amazing 2,473 hours of their own time to support the work we do. We remain very grateful to them.
Our Resource Centre continues to be the hub of our activities and planning, and having come to the end of our initial 3 year tenancy at 11 Market Place, we have been very pleased to extend this agreement for a further 3 years.
Within the year 2023 to 2024 we have given direct support to 365 service users on 860 occasions, just within the Resource Centre setting. This number does not include those people supported through our additional activities.
People contacted us from 32 different local postcodes areas, with one-off contacts from people further afield, including Liverpoool, Oldham, Manchester, Shropshire, Stockport, Stoke, Newcastle-Under-Lyne, Glossop and the United Arab Emirates.
Our "members list"ended with 720 people on it. These are all people to whom we send our regular news updates, as well as ad-hoc other communications.
This year our additional activities included:
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Support groups in Poynton, Congleton and Wilmslow.
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A crown green bowling group.
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Café coffee clubs in Congleton and Macllesfield
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A walking group, with walks in Congleton and Macclesfield parks; a riverside walk by the Bollin, walking from Macclesfield to Prestbury, followed by a pub lunch; a walk along The Carrs in Wilmslow; and a walk along the canal as part of the Bolloington walking festival.
East Cheshire Eye Society Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31st March 2024
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We have arranged trips to the Albert Dock in Liverpool; Lyme Park; the AvroHeritage Museum; RHS Bridgewater; Jodrell Bank; Stockport Staircase House and market; Chester town centre; and afternoon tea at the plaza in Stockport.
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Working with the Silk Museum in Macclesfield we have taken part in an Origami afternoon and a silk screening art session. Following the silk screening session the art created by our participants was displayed in successful art exhibitions in Macclesfield and Congleton libraries.
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We also enjoyed a lace making session with the Silk museum, which was then followed up with additional, inhouse sessions, with the help of knowledgeable volunteers.
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We continued to provide one-to-one technology training sessions, as well as "Tea and tech" group sessions. Our thanks to the Vision Support charity in Chester for arranging this valuable work to continue, despite us not being bale to get a grant to cover their costs.
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We supported the development of the Cheshire Sight Loss Information Line project, and attaneded the launch in July.
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We held our Vision Day exhibition in Macclesfield Town Hall, which we now hold every two years.The exhibition was a great success.
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We wee very pleased this year to be chosen as one of the Mayor of Macclesfield's charities. Mayor Councillor Chris Wilcock ran a fantastic fundraising and awareness campaign throught the year, which really helped the charity.
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We were very grateful to Anthony Collins solicitors for their ongoing support, which included a series of art exhibitions, with a percentage of sales going to ECES.
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We attended two Aging Well Roadshows in Macclesfield, Health and Wellbeing Fairs in Congleton and Handforth, the Disability Information Bureau (Macclesfield) 30th Anniversary event, and the Congleton Christmas Lights switch on.
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We attended fund raising and marketing events at the Macclesfield Treacle Market, the Rotary Club of Macclesfield Castle Charities Bazaar and annual Swimathon, and also at the Prestbury Christmas fair.
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We did a number of presentations about our work, including the Rotary Club of Macclesfield Castle, Congleton Town Council and at the Mayor of Macclesfield's charity fundraising evening.
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We were pleased to support the start of a programme of "Introduction to Braille" sessions, run by volunteers. The volunteers were also kind enough to visit support groups to spread awareness and understanding.
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We put ECES Christmas trees into the Christmas Tree Festivals at Macclesfield and Gawsworth.
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We were very pleased to receive donations from Gladman Estates and Texere Publishing, both of whom also supported us with donations.
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Our relationship with Embrace Marketing continues, and we are grateful to them for the additional goodwill they give us, beyond our contractural agreement.
Fundraising, as always, was a key requirement throughout the year, especially since we were unsuccessful in all our grant applications.
We continued tro sell Christmas and general greetings cards, and we held our annual raffle.
We were very grateful to receive support from individuals, one in the form of a legacy and others as donations throughout the year. Other supporters raised money by doing talks, holding coffee mornings, running table-topsales or arranging for us to get a donation from an equipment provider when items were bought. One supporter kindly made two knitted Nativity scenes for us to sell and raffle.
East Cheshire Eye Society Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31st March 2024
We are grateful to the continued fundraising support from the Hummingbird Knit and Knatter group, and to Mayor of Macclesfield, the United reformed Church of Wilmslow and the NISA supermarket (Tytherington for making us their charity of the year.
We received very generous donations from thr UKH Foundation and from local resident and fundraiser Henry Moore. The Congleton Lions very kindly continued their sponsorship of the Congleton support group, and Woods Newsagents, Handforth, Kindly sponsored our Wilmslow support group.
We delivered a commissioned service to a local GP medical practice, to support their drive for inclusivity and to improve accessibility for visitors and staff with visual impairment.
The society continues to offer a range of information, advice and support and we are pleased to be able to work closely with local charities and organisations, including the local Talking Newspapers.
Our particular thanks to Vision Support, Chester, who have been a source of invaluable support throughout the year.
We enjoyed hosting the Chester VI bowls team this year for our annual "Cheshire Open VI Crown Green Bowling Challenge" competition, and were proud of our team who won the cup.
The Society is grateful for the ongoing dedication of staff members Alan Chappell and Helen van der Veken.
The Board of Trustees has seen the following changes this year: New starters - Geoff Clarke, Teddy Weyman and Angela Dilks. Leavers- Geoff Clarke.
SOCIETY TRUSTEES 2023-2024
Geoffrey Clarke (Appointed 17/04/2023) Catherine Costigan Angela Dilkes (Appointed 12/02/2023) Elizabeth Durham Pamela Hodgkiss Bridget Self Colin Turner Martin Welch (Hon, Treasurer) Anthony Edward Weyman (Appointed 23/08/2023)
This report was approved by the Trustees on 6 December 2024 and signed on its behalf.
M S Welch
Trustee
Independent Examiners Report on the Accounts of East Cheshire Eye Society For the Year Ended 31 March 2024 Charity Number: 1174656
We report to the charity trustees on our examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
We report in respect of our examination of the CIO's accounts carried out under Scetion 145 of the Act. In carrying out our examination we have folllowed all applicable Directions given by the Charities Commission under Scetion 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiners statememt
We have completed our examination. We confirm that no material matters have come to our attention in connection with the examination giving us cause to believe that in any material respect:
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1, accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by Section 130 of the Act: or
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2, the accounts do not accord with those records.
We have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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Kime O'Brien Limited Chartered Accountants
6 December 2024
East Cheshire Eye Society Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31st March 2024
| Note Income and endownments from Donations and Legacies 4 Donations and Gifts Legacy Grants Charitable Activities 5 Fundraising Events Socials and Trips Sales Talking Newspaper Investments 6 CCLA COIF 8%2021 Treasury 5% 2025 Treasury 6% 2028 Treasury Other 7 Recharges Total Income and Endownments Expenditure Raising Funds 8 Charitable Activities 9 Total Expenditure Other Decrease in valuations 13 Transfers Sale of Fixed Assets 12 Net (expenditure)/ income Net Movement in Funds Reconciliation of Funds 17 Total Funds Brought Forward Total Funds Carried Forward |
Unrestricted 2024 £ 14,866 23,057 - 37,923 4,109 3,805 6,766 - 14,680 4,569 3,221 2,294 1,816 11,900 1,385 1,385 65,888 3,474 59,806 63,280 (17,265) - 19,873 19,873 442,509 462,382 |
Restricted 2024 £ - - 5,500 5,500 - - - 1,000 1,000 - - - - - - - 6,500 - 7,845 7,845 - - (1,345) (1,345) 1,489 144 |
Total 2024 £ 14,866 23,057 5,500 43,423 4,109 3,805 6,766 1,000 15,680 4,569 3,221 2,294 1,816 11,900 1,385 1,385 72,388 3,474 67,651 71,125 17,265 - - - 18,528 18,528 443,998 462,526 |
Total 2023 £ 18,077 - 42,171 |
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| 60,248 | ||||
| 4,137 2,573 4,626 1,000 |
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| 12,336 | ||||
| 4,554 2,294 1,816 - |
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| 8,664 | ||||
| 1,366 | ||||
| 1,366 | ||||
| 82,614 | ||||
| 3,394 77,103 |
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| 80,497 | ||||
| 16,659 - - |
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| (14,542) | ||||
| (14,542) | ||||
| 458,540 | ||||
| 443,998 |
East Cheshire Eye Society Balance Sheet for the year ended 31st March 2024
| Notes Fixed Assets Tangible 12 Investments 13 Total Current Assets Stocks 14 Debtors 15 Cash at bank and in hand 20 Short Term Cash Deposit Total 16 Net Current Assets Total Assets less current Liabilities Total Net Assets The Funds Of the Charity Restricted Funds Unrestricted Funds General Funds Designated Funds Total Total Funds Creditors Amount falling due within one year |
2024 £ 1,041 299,769 300,810 5,221 3,379 32,940 125,000 166,540 4,824 161,716 462,526 462,526 144 462,382 - 462,382 462,526 |
2023 £ 2,570 237,504 |
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| 240,074 5,314 3,277 124,426 75,000 |
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| 208,017 | ||
| 4,093 | ||
| 203,924 | ||
| 443,998 | ||
| 443,998 | ||
| 1,489 | ||
| 442,509 - |
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| 442,509 | ||
| 443,998 |
East Cheshire Eye Society Notes To the Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2024
1. Status
Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIO) Revenue greater than £25,000 but less than £250,000
2. Accounting Polices
Basis of Preparation
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities : Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the FRS 102 (Charities Sorp FRS 102).
Change in basis of accounting or to previous accounts
There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and method of accounting) since last year and no changes have been made to accounts for previous years.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds
These are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objects of the charity.
Designated funds
These are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purpose
Revaluation funds
These are unrestricted funds which include a revaluation reserve representing the restatement of investment assets at their market values.
Restricted funds
These are available for use subject to restrictions imposed by the donor or through terms of an appeal.
Income
Recognition of income
Income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when the charity becomes entitled to, and virtually certain to receive,
the income and the amount of the income can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Income with related expenditure
Where income has related expenditure the income and related expenditure is reported gross in the SoFA.
Donations and legacies
Voluntary income received by way of grants, donations and gifts is included in the the SoFA when receivable and only when the Charity has unconditional entitlement to the income.
Tax reclaims on donations and gifts Donated services and facilities
Income from tax reclaims is included in the SoFA at the same time as the gift/donation to which it relates.
Donated Services and Facilities
These are only included in income (with an equivalent amount in expenditure) where the benefit to the Charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and material.
Volunteer help
The value of any volunteer help received is not included in the accounts.
Investment Income
This is included in the accounts when received
Gains/(losses) on revaluation of Investments
This includes any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year.
Gains/(losses) on sale on investment assets
This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments.
East Cheshire Eye Society Notes To the Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2024
Expenditure
Recognition of expenditure
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis.
Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.
Expenditure on raising fund
These comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income, fundraising trading costs and investment management costs.
Expenditure on charitable activities
These comprise the costs incurred by the Charity in the delivery of its activities and services in the furtherance of its objects, including the making of grants and governance costs.
Governance costs
These include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the Charity, including
any audit /independent examination fees, costs linked to the strategic management of the Charity.
Other expenditure
These are support costs not allocated to a particular activity.
Taxation
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
Freehold investment property
Investment properties are measured initially at cost and subsequently at fair value at each balance sheet date and are not depreciated.
All gains or losses are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities as they arise.
Stocks
Stock is included at the lower of cost or net realisable value. Donated goods are not valued
Trade and other debtors
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand
Trade and other creditors
Short term creditors are measured at the transaction price.
Other creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in
the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
Pension costs
The charity operates a defined contribution plan for its employees.
A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity.
Once the contributions have been paid the company has no further payments obligations. The contributions are recognised as expenses when they fall due.
Amounts not paid are shown in accruals in the balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the company in independently administered funds.
East Cheshire Eye Society Notes To the Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2024
Income
| 4 Income from Donations and Legacies Unrestricted Restricted Total 2024 2024 2024 £ £ £ Donations and Gifts 14,866 14,866 Legacy 23,057 23,057 Grants - 5,500 5,500 Other Total 37,923 5,500 43,423 5 Income from Charitable Activities Unrestricted Restricted Total 2024 2024 2024 £ £ £ Fundraising Events 4,109 4,109 Socials and Trips 3,805 3,805 Sales 6,766 6,766 Talking Newspapers 1,000 1,000 Grants - - - Total 14,680 1,000 15,680 6 Income from Investments Unrestricted Restricted Total 2024 2024 2024 £ £ £ CCLA COIF 4,569 - 4,569 8%2021 Treasury 3,221 - 3,221 5% 2025 Treasury 2,294 - 2,294 6% 2028 Treasury 1,816 - 1,816 Total 11,900 - 11,900 7 Other Income Unrestricted Restricted Total 2024 2024 2024 £ £ £ Recharges 1,385 1,385 Total 1,385 - 1,385 |
Total 2023 £ 18,077 - 42,171 |
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| 60,248 | |
| Total 2023 £ 4,137 2,573 4,626 1,000 |
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| 12,336 | |
| Total 2023 £ 4,554 - 2,294 1,816 |
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| 8,664 | |
| Total 2023 £ 1,366 |
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| 1,366 |
East Cheshire Eye Society Notes To the Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2024
Expenditure
| 8 On Raising Funds Events Lottery and Raffle Prizes Staff Costs Total 9 On Charitable Activities Rent Market Place Staff Costs Socials and Trips Sales Awareness Events Service Provision Motor and Travel Cleaning QVS and Market Place Telephone and Broadband Security QVS Water QVS Light Heat Power QVS Repairs and Maintenance Insurance Depreciation Equipment expensed Postage and Couriers Software and IT + Supprt Stationary and Printing Marketing Subscriptions Sundry Consultants Governance Training Total |
Unrestricted Restricted Total 2024 2024 2024 £ £ £ 72 72 980 980 2,422 2,422 3,474 - 3,474 Unrestricted Restricted Total 2024 2024 2024 £ £ £ 7,708 1,000 8,708 28,164 4,000 32,164 2,233 1,200 3,433 3,536 3,536 596 596 - 913 913 404 404 1,216 489 1,705 - - - - 642 642 1,351 177 1,528 163 163 11 11 1,281 490 1,771 1,122 489 1,611 800 800 387 387 160 160 8,192 8,192 927 927 - 59,806 7,845 67,651 |
Total 2023 £ 10 918 2,466 |
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| 3,394 | ||
| Total 2023 £ 10,292 28,344 1,944 1,713 7,331 10,340 368 380 1,582 - - - - 523 2,902 5 1 1,706 1,686 250 316 154 6,192 600 474 |
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| 77,103 |
East Cheshire Eye Society Notes To the Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2024
| 10 Staff Costs Unrestricted Restricted Total 2024 2024 2024 £ £ £ Salaries and Wages 30,211 4,000 34,211 Training 140 140 Travel 235 235 Total 30,586 4,000 34,586 7.5% On Raising Funds 2,422 - 2,422 On Charitable Activities 28,164 4,000 32,164 30,586 4,000 34,586 Average Headcount 2.0 11 Net expenditure / income before transfers This is stated after charging Depr 1,351 177 1,528 Independent Examination Fees 780 0 780 |
Total 2023 £ 30,810 |
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| 30,810 | |
| 2,466 28,344 |
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| 30,810 | |
| 2.2 | |
| 2,902 | |
| 600 |
East Cheshire Eye Society Notes To the Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2024
Assets and Liabilities
12 Tangible Fixed Assets
| Cost or Revaluatation As at 1st April 2023 Disposals Additions As at 31st March 2024 Depreciataion As at 1st April 2023 Disposals Charge Year As at 31st March 2024 Net Book Values As at 31st March 2023 As at 31st March 2024 |
L+B F+F Total - 11,299 11,299 - - - - - - |
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| - 11,299 11,299 |
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| - 8,729 8,729 - - - - 1,529 1,529 |
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| 10,258 10,258 |
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| - 2,570 2,570 - 1,041 1,041 |
Depreciation Policy
Land and Buildings Zero Fixture and Fittings Greater Than £100 Over 4 years starting on date of acqusistion Computer and TelephGreater Than £100 Over 3 years starting on date of acqusistion
13 Investments
| Costs Cost as at 1st April 2023 Disposals Additions Cost as at 31st March 2024 Provisions and Impairments Revaluatation as at 1st April 2023 Disposals Revaluatation in the year As at 31st March 2024 Net Book Values At 31st March 2023 At 31st March 2024 |
COIF 6% 2028 5% 2025 Sarisan Total 136,807 42,309 60,000 - 239,116 - - - - 0 - - - 45,000 |
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| 136,807 42,309 60,000 45,000 284,116 |
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| 19,488 (8,047) (13,053) - (1,612) 14,148 (1,152) (955) 5,224 17,265 |
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| 33,636 (9,199) (14,008) 5,224 15,653 |
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| 156,295 34,262 46,947 0 237,504 |
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| 170,443 33,110 45,992 50,224 299,769 |
East Cheshire Eye Society Notes To the Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2024
| **14 ** | Stocks | 2024 | 2023 |
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| £ | £ | ||
| 5,221 | 5,314 | ||
| Stock is valued at Costs | |||
| Donated Goods for recycle are not | valued | ||
| **15 ** | Debtors | 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ | ||
| Trade Debtors | 350 | 1,516 | |
| Prepayments and Accrued Income | 708 | 679 | |
| Gift Aid | 2,321 | 1,082 | |
| Total | 3,379 | 3,277 | |
| **16 ** | Creditors | 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ | ||
| amounts falling due within one year | |||
| Trade Creditors | 2,193 | 2,225 | |
| Other Creditors | - | - | |
| Accruals and Deferred Income | 2,631 | 1,868 | |
| Total | 4,824 | 4,093 | |
| **17 ** | Movement in Funds | ||
| As at 1st April | As at 31st March | ||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Restricted Funds | |||
| Net current assets | - | 1,168 | |
| Net Fixed Assets | 144 | 321 | |
| Total | 144 | 1,489 | |
| Unrestricted Funds | |||
| General Funds | 462,382 | 445,209 | |
| Designated Funds | - | - | |
| Total Funds | 462,526 | 446,698 |
East Cheshire Eye Society Notes To the Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2024
18 Analysis of net assets between funds
| Fixed Assets Investments Net Current Assets Total Reconciliation of net debt Cash and Cash Equivilents Cash and Cash Equivilents Llloyds COIF Cash Total |
Restricted 144 - - 144 At 1st April 2023 £ 199,426 198,821 509 96 199,426 |
Unrestricted Total 898 1,042 299,769 299,769 161,715 161,715 462,382 462,526 As at 31st March Cash Flows 2024 £ £ (41,487) 157,939 (41,479) 157,342 - 509 (7) 89 (41,486) 157,940 |
Total 1,042 299,769 161,715 |
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| 462,526 | |||
| 157,342 509 89 |
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| 157,940 |